outwit
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verb (used with object), out·wit·ted, out·wit·ting.
1.
to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
2.
Archaic. to surpass in wisdom or knowledge.
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| —vb , -wits, -witting, -witted | |
| 1. | to get the better of by cunning or ingenuity |
| 2. | archaic to be of greater intelligence than |
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Outwit
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Example sentences
Three clever billy goats outwit a mean, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
Stalky and friends might outwit the teachers, but the head would always slap them down on principle.
But they also outwit each other in sharp dealing and they bargain their mean souls away.
The carved club is symbolic of magical powers allowing him to outwit his enemies.
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